Window in the skies: indigenous memory, resistance and experience of Eurasia and the onslaught of resource extraction in the Arctic
As the Arctic switches to “new normal” it is being re-imagined once again ‒ region is viewed from the outside as a “window in the skies” – referring here to a distant window of opportunity, myth place, place of frontiers, resources and exotic peoples “somewhere” up there, away. This article position...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:660bed4ce57049ea9978a5f767d7f2f2 2023-05-15T14:42:10+02:00 Window in the skies: indigenous memory, resistance and experience of Eurasia and the onslaught of resource extraction in the Arctic Tero Mustonen 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z https://doaj.org/article/660bed4ce57049ea9978a5f767d7f2f2 EN FI eng fin The Geographical Society of Northern Finland https://nordia.journal.fi/article/view/65100 https://doaj.org/toc/1238-2086 https://doaj.org/toc/2736-9722 1238-2086 2736-9722 https://doaj.org/article/660bed4ce57049ea9978a5f767d7f2f2 Nordia Geographical Publications, Vol 43, Iss 1 (2014) Geography (General) G1-922 article 2014 ftdoajarticles 2022-12-31T08:19:02Z As the Arctic switches to “new normal” it is being re-imagined once again ‒ region is viewed from the outside as a “window in the skies” – referring here to a distant window of opportunity, myth place, place of frontiers, resources and exotic peoples “somewhere” up there, away. This article positions the region differently: challenging this view based on Terra nullius, empty land of the North is the notion that the Arctic, here, including the boreal sub-Arctic too, is a homeland to a vast range of indigenous and local cultures with their non-Euclidean lifeworlds. Methodological overview of indigenous societies of the North, presented in short form here, illustrates the vast diversity of societies – currently ignored for the most part in the “window in the skies”. Article concludes with the view that by engaging with the various traditions and oral histories of the North a more realistic view can be obtained of this region of geopolitical interests. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Arctic |
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As the Arctic switches to “new normal” it is being re-imagined once again ‒ region is viewed from the outside as a “window in the skies” – referring here to a distant window of opportunity, myth place, place of frontiers, resources and exotic peoples “somewhere” up there, away. This article positions the region differently: challenging this view based on Terra nullius, empty land of the North is the notion that the Arctic, here, including the boreal sub-Arctic too, is a homeland to a vast range of indigenous and local cultures with their non-Euclidean lifeworlds. Methodological overview of indigenous societies of the North, presented in short form here, illustrates the vast diversity of societies – currently ignored for the most part in the “window in the skies”. Article concludes with the view that by engaging with the various traditions and oral histories of the North a more realistic view can be obtained of this region of geopolitical interests. |
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Window in the skies: indigenous memory, resistance and experience of Eurasia and the onslaught of resource extraction in the Arctic |
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